#LIFECHANGING
We started out with drinks at nearby Stout Bar.
And then headed over excitedly to the concertttt...
It actually wasn't until we entered the venue that I realized...EVERYONE here loves Bieber.
Since we had some of the best seats in the house, we had access to a special Delta 360 Club Bar. And on top of that...this was a Bieber concert. Which means pretty much every is under 21...which means... NO LINES!!!
Laura was REALLY excited about this. LOL.
But not as excited as when ScooterBraun came out to introduce his first act...The Wanted.
Did I mention that our "seats" were EPIC?
Some tween next to us was taking pictures all night on her iPad. It was hilarious and annoying at the same time.
One of the funnest things about sitting up front is being able to look back and see the sea of people that have less-awesome seats than you do...yayyyyy....sorry about it!
After The Wanted came Carly Rae Jepsen.
During one of her ballads, the entire room lit up their cellphones and it was REALLY pretty...
And she of course sang "Call Me Maybe" which we LOVED.
After Carly Rae went off...the lights in the stadium came on for them to set the stage for Bieber. And then we were treated to quite a surprise.
Lindsay Lohan entered the stadium!
At first she was all smiles...
But very quickly things got NUTS. Girls were literally sprinting across the stadium, shrieking, blasting through barriers and ushers and ticketpeople to take pictures of La Lohan.
The situation got a little bit scary. And Lindsay had no choice but to run out of the stadium. In tears.
I'm not quite sure WHAT she was thinking. She's been a celebrity long enough to know that she probably can't just walk into a situation like that and stand in the crowd like a normal person. Especially when the majority of the people that are surrounding you are already the most hysterical screaming teenagers EVER.
It wasn't until the next morning that we found out just hours later she was arrested for punching a girl in the face. But honestly, having seen how people react to her presence...I really don't blame her for lashing out at someone who was getting all up in her face.
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ANYWAY....
After Lohan had gone, a 10-minute countdown to the concert began. And every time the countdown clock hit the top of a minute, the place when CRAZY. I've been to Backstreet Boys and NSync and Spice Girls and Rihanna and this was the loudest, highest-pitched screaming I've ever heard in my life.
BIEBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We just couldn't help ourselves...
When the LCD screen opened, Bieber appeared sporting a giant pair of wings...
And he landed RIGHT in front of us at the end of the catwalk.
The first thing he did was walk straight toward us!!!
He was so close and it was so crazy that this is the shot I got...
One thing was immediately clear...the boy is working out and starting to get CUT!
Eeeeeeee!!!! The show was so amazing.
Laura was being a total creeper and kept trying to befriend 13-year-olds by telling them they had cute outfits or pretty hair.
"I feel like I just really CONNECT with them!"
And literally all these young girls were probably like the princesses of New York whose parents had spent thousands of dollars buying them front row Bieber tickets...it was crazy!
The stage, the light show, the pyrotechnics, the choreography, the SINGING...it was all incredible.
Bieber is clearly not a boy anymore and is beginning to crossover and gain mass appeal, just like the way Timberlake did it.
One of my favorite parts was when he slowed things down and got up on a huge rotating arm thingy and played acoustic guitar and sang. It really showed off how truly talented he is, even without all the lights and fire and dancing...
Here's video from his performance of "Fall" if you want to listen. It's sooooo good.
SQUEALLLL!!!!!
Things then picked up when he performed his latest hit "Beauty and a Beat".
Here's video from that performance...you can basically see exactly the view we had, except from the other side of the catwalk.
And then we did a magic disappearing act and then suddenly reappeared at the top of the stage playing drums.
He grabs his crotch a lot now...
And then he grabbed a girl from the audience for "One Less Lonely Girl"...
To close out the show, he began appearing in just a leather jacket. No shirt. And showing off some seriously cut abs...
This is him performing "As Long As You Love Me"...
He's SUCH a good performer!!!
For his last song he went to the piano and played "Believe" another REALLY beautiful song.
Near the end, all the dancers came out singing like a gospel choir...it was gorgeous...
And then he and his abs said ByeBye.
Though of course we knew there was an encore coming.
And he did not disappoint!
So amazing!!!! He just brings joy to the world!!! BIEBER WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!
